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Pieter Burger (Pumas - Facebook) Smart budgeting has allowed the Pumas to mitigate some of the financial losses it will suffer from not being able to host this year's Springboks-All Blacks Test.Due to the international fixture list being announced relatively late, the union didn't budget for the potential windfall, assisting them in not making unnecessary…

Jimmy Stonehouse gives a wry chuckle when you ask him about continuity.It's a word that's nowadays used sparsely at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, the Pumas' HQ.As ominous as it sounds, it's actually perfectly illustrative of why one of South Africa's premier underdog unions continues to carve out a relatively decent existence in a continuously…

Dane Coles of the All Blacks gets in a scuffle with RG Snyman of the Springboks during the 2019 Rugby Championship Test Match between New Zealand and South Africa at Westpac Stadium (Photo by Anthony Au-Yeung/Getty Images) "The proudest moment in the Mpumalanga Rugby Union's history might also become our ultimate tragedy."Pieter Burger, the Pumas'…